A screenshot from a video of the race shows the pace car that skidded and spun out as it pulled away from the trotters, several of which crashed into the car and the wide gate on its right side.

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The New Jersey Racing Commission is investigating a crash at the Freehold Raceway that sent five drivers to the hospital earlier his month, the Asbury Park Press learned Monday.

The pace car skidded on the sloppy field at the start of the fifth race Jan. 10, causing horses and drivers to collide, the track reported. Two of the five drivers had to be admitted to a hospital following the crash and racing was suspended the following day, officials said.

"There is an investigation being conducted and our purpose is to try to determine what caused this," Frank Zanzuccki, executive director of the ...